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Title | : | Veniss Underground |
Author | : | Jeff VanderMeer |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 278 pages |
Published | : | September 27th 2005 by Spectra (first published 2003) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Science Fiction. Fiction. Weird Fiction. New Weird. Horror. Dystopia |
Jeff VanderMeer
Paperback | Pages: 278 pages Rating: 3.78 | 2170 Users | 191 Reviews
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In his debut novel, literary alchemist Jeff VanderMeer takes us on an unforgettable journey, a triumph of the imagination that reveals the magical and mysterious city of Veniss through three intertwined voices. First, Nicholas, a would-be Living Artist, seeks to escape his demons in the shadowy underground–but in doing so makes a deal with the devil himself. In her fevered search for him, his twin sister, Nicola, spins her own unusual and hypnotic tale as she discovers the hidden secrets of the city. And finally, haunted by Nicola’s sudden, mysterious disappearance and gripped by despair, Shadrach, Nicola’s lover, embarks on a mythic journey to the nightmarish levels deep beneath the surface of the city to bring his love back to light. There he will find wonders beyond imagining…and horrors greater than the heart can bear.By turns beautiful, horrifying, delicate, and powerful, Veniss Underground explores the limits of love, memory, and obsession in a landscape that defies the boundaries of the imagination. This special edition includes the short stories “The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight”; “Detectives and Cadavers”; and “A Heart for Lucretia” and the novella Balzac’s War, offering a complete tour of the fantastic world of Veniss.
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Original Title: | Veniss Underground |
ISBN: | 0553383566 (ISBN13: 9780553383560) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2003), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004) |
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Ratings: 3.78 From 2170 Users | 191 ReviewsEvaluation Regarding Books Veniss Underground
There is one absolutely amazing scene near the beginning of this book where the narrator can sense these THINGS moving in behind him right before he is kidnapped for good. That section, which is both beautiful and suffused with a kind of haunting dread, anticipates Vandermeer's far-superior work in Ambergris.The rest of the book didn't make much of an impression on me, though.Having read (and loved) 'City of Saints and Madmen', I had a fair idea what flavor of weirdness I was getting myself into with 'Veniss Underground'. For instance, the three portions of the book are delivered in the first, second, and third person perspectives respectively. An interesting idea, but unfortunately not interesting enough to make up for how annoying it is to read anything written in the second person perspective.If there's one thing Vandermeer knows, it's creating locales that are
This is now one of my favorite books and because of that I can't review it well enough.If you've ever trusted my judgment of books you should at least read the description.
Veniss is VanderMeer's first novel. It reminded me a bit of Annihilation, but was less structured, and not in this world. It also had some of the otherworldly detail which fills Mieville's work. There are 3 protagonists, each of who narrate one of 3 consecutive parts: Nicholas, twin sister Nicola, friend/lover Shadrach. The entire book is populated with unreal creatures and locations, many gruesome or repulsive. Nicholas' part had a poetic feel- he is a Living Artist (creates art from living
I picked up this book on a recommendation as a book that features it's urban setting as an integral character in the story. When I looked at the synopsis, I was glad to see it's a Far Dark Future-y cyberpunky sort of story. It's not like all the other cyberpunk books I've read; the prose is some weird amalgam of stream-of-conscious meets futurewords-without-enough-context. It read like some Important Modern Literature I've seen (and subsequently loathed). I believe our main character, or at
Without a doubt one of the very best science fiction novels I have ever read.Dark and disturbing yet always beautiful and compelling, this is like a genre retelling of Dante, especially. I recommend this book to anyone, genre reader or not.
Jeff Vandermeers first novel takes us to the city of Veniss, a sprawling dystopian metropolis, where strange creatures, created from biological and mechanical parts roam the city. In the background looms a mysterious character named Quin, who seems responsible for all the strange automatons and creatures walking the city. The novel follows a failed artist, his sister and her former lovers journey into the bowels of the city and the sheer madness that has been built in the name of Quin.This is
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